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三さん年ねん
Meanings
Noun
1. three years
Three years have already passed since I started this job.
2. third school year (e.g. of high school)
Alt. forms
三さん年ねん
64%
３さん年ねん
35%
Kanji used
三
three
年
year
Pitch accent
さ
んねん
Top 4400
Used in: 2631
Composed of
three; 3
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
third-year student; third-year pupil
perseverance prevails; (lit.) three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; (lit.) planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
Examples (24 in total)
It's the dreaded third year.
I've been waiting for three years.
He has been in Japan for three years.
It is three years since he died.
Three years have passed since he died.
A love of three years finally bore fruit.
He served as chairman for three years.
That was when I was in third grade of elementary school.
It's been three years since Tom died.
Where were you three years ago?
I came to this country three years ago.
I lived in Japan three years ago.
I plan to spend at least three years here.
The building crumbled to pieces three years ago.
Three years ago, I grew taller than my father.
I came to Tokyo three years ago and have been living here ever since.
Bill joined our company three years ago.
She defended her title as champion three years in a row.
They signed a three-year contract with a major record company.
Sales began to decline in the third year, and production was scaled down.
Nearly three years have already passed since that second operation.
Remember, there was a big earthquake three years ago, and a tsunami came too.
In the third year the plants multiplied, and in the fourth year masses of flowers bloomed.
And three years ago, my little brother passed away at the age of eight.